Gracious Lace Tea Towel

Gracious Lace Tea Towel

Aiken, South Carolina.

The custom of afternoon tea is part of the graciousness of the Deep South, whether the tea is served from Great-Grandma’s wedding silver or in a tall glass of ice, garnished with fresh mint. No lady worth her white gloves and low-heeled pumps would be caught dead serving instant tea (perish the thought!) or serving her afternoon callers tea without a lovely lace-trimmed tea towel. This knitted confection from Barbara Sue Brodie Needleworks in Aiken, South Carolina is embroidered with your family initial. It adds a bit of true Southern charm, even if the tea you’re serving is in South Dakota rather than South Carolina.

Project Gauge: 26 stitches and 30 rows = 4” (10cm) in stockinette stitch on US 3 (3.25mm) needles

Yarn: Louet Euroflax Sport (100% wet spun linen, 270 yards/245m); 2 skeins Cream #30; approx. 3 yards (2.75m) contrasting yarn for monogram